| Name | CVE-2021-23169 |
| Description | A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 988240 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openexr (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.6.1-8+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.2.0-11+deb9u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.5.4-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.1.5-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.1.5-5.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openexr | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| openexr | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| openexr | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| openexr | source | (unstable) | 2.5.4-2 | | | 988240 |
Notes
[buster] - openexr <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[stretch] - openexr <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28051
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/ae6d203892cc9311917a7f4f05354ef792b3e58e
[jessie] - openexr <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)